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My baby is 10 mnths old.... he got slip on road.... n got minor scratch.... shal i go for tetnus injection?
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Other vaccines?: Here in the US we immunize babies at two months, four months and 6 months for tetanus, but if baby has not been immunized please go have this done! If he did have the shots earlier, no need to get another right now.
Answered 10/24/2017
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